Four counties moved from orange to red on the state alert map, putting forty-six counties in the red and eight in orange. Clay County is the only county in gold. West Virginia has the lowest person-to-person COVID-19 transmission rate in the country. The state’s Rt value is point-97.
Health officials are reporting over one-thousand new cases of COVID-19, and twelve more people have died. There are over 29-thousand active cases of the virus, and more than 750 patients are hospitalized.
The Boone County Health Department will not receive the COVID-19 vaccine until a clinical monitoring visit from DHHR. The quality assurance and monitoring process comes after more than forty people received an anti-body injection instead of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Fifty-three of the state’s fifty-five counties are in the red or orange on the latest COVID-19 alert map. Kanawha, Putnam and Cabell counties were in orange. McDowell and Clay counties are the only counties in the gold. Governor Justice is considering changes to the alert map. Justice is pushing for a January 19th return to … Read more
A memorial for Chuck Yeager is set for this Friday in Charleston. It starts at noon at the Charleston coliseum and Convention Center. The late brigadier general was born and raised in Lincoln County.
Fire broke out for a second time at a vacant home on Homer Street near 7th Avenue. No one was hurt. A fire in December was blamed on squatters, and investigators think squatters are to blame again.
Melody Potter is stepping down as the chairwoman of the West Virginia Republican Party. Her resignation is effetive immeidately. Potter says she needs to take care of her parents. Co-Chairman Roman Stauffer will take over on interim basis.
Senator Joe Manchin doesn’t think impeaching President Trump a second time is a good idea. He says lawmakers should let the legal system do it’s job and let investigations happen. Democrats introduced an article of impeachment against the President on Monday.
Two Jefferson County School employees are on administrative leave for attending last week’s rally in D.C. and posting threatening messages on social media.
The Capital High School show choir is adjusting to a new way of doing things during the pandemic. The Capital High VIPs are wearing masks and forgoing costume changes. The second semester is usually competition season for show choirs, and this year some competitions have made the decision to go virtual, with choirs sending in … Read more